Mapping science

Mapping science

The systemic study of the processes and designs involved with map making.

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minor axis

Earth science; Mapping science

The shortest line that can be drawn thru the center and from one side to the other of an ellipse or ellipsoid.

anschutz compass

Earth science; Mapping science

A particular and very common make of gyroscopic compass, named after its inventor and manufacturer.

bayesian least squares

Earth science; Mapping science

The method of least squares, using already available information about the covariances of the unknowns to derive, from new measurements, new values of the unknowns and their covariances.

affinity

Earth science; Mapping science

(1) The ratio of the length of a segment AB to the length of the projected segment A'B', with the center of projection at infinity. (2) The same as the previous definition, the projection being ...

austral

Earth science; Mapping science

Southern.

beam

Earth science; Mapping science

The direction or opposite direction of the transverse axis of a craft.

backsight

Earth science; Mapping science

(1) A sight to a previously established point of a survey, or the reading or measurement obtained by that sight. (2) In leveling from an initial point to a final point through a sequence of ...